ENVIS Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India

Printed Date: Wednesday, April 24, 2024

WPA list (proposed in Schedules to WLPA 2013 Bill)

 

 

Schedule I

Sr. No

Bird

1

Andaman Teal (Anas gibberifrons allagularis)

1-A

Assam Bamboo Partridge (Bambusicola fytchii)

1-B

Bazas (Aviceda jeordone and Aviceda leuphotes)

1-C

Bengal Florican (Eupodotis bengalensis)

1-D

Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis)

1-E

Blood Pheasants (Ithaginis cruentus tibetanus, lthaginis Cruentus kuseri

2

Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii)

2-A

Eastern White Stork (Ciconia ciconia boyciana)

2-B

Foret-spotted Owlet (Athene blewitti)

2-C

Frogmouths (Genus batrachostomus)

3

Great Indian Bustard (Choriotis nigriceps)

4

Great Indian Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

4-A

Hawks (Accipitridao)

4-B

Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)

4-C

Hornbills (Ptilolaemus tickelli austeni, Aceros nipalensis, Rhyticeros undulatus ticehursti)

4-D

Houbara Bustard (Chlamydotis undulata)

4-E

Humes Bar-backed Pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)

4-F

Indian Pied Hornbill (Anthracoceros malabaricus)

5

Jerdon's Courser (Cursorius bitorquatus)

6

Lammergeier(Gypaetus barbatus)

7

Large Falcons (Falco peregrinus, Falco biarmicus and Falco chicuera

7-A

Large Whistling Teal (Anatidae)

7-B

Lesser Florican (Sypheotides indica)

7-C

Monal Pheasants (Lophophorus impeyanus, Lophophorus sclateri)

8

Mountain Quail (Ophrysia supericiliosa)

9

Narcondam Hornbill [Rhyticeros (undulatus) narcondami)

10

Nicobar Megapode (Megapodius freycinet)

10-A

Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica pelewensis)

10-B

Osprey or Fish-eating Eagle (Pandion haliatetus)

10-C

Peacock Pheasants (Polyplectron bicalcaratum)

11

Peafowl (Pavo cristatus)

12

Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea)

13

Scalater's Monal (Lophophorus sclateri)

14

Siberian White Crane (Grus leucogeranus)

14-B

Tibetan Snow-Cock (Tetraogallus tibetanus)

15

Tragopan Pheasants (Tragopan melanocephalus, Tragopan blythii, Tragopan satyra, Tragopan temminckii)

16

White-bellied Sea Eagle (Haliaetus leucogaster)

17

White-eared Pheasant (Crossoptilon crossoptilon

17-A

White Spoonbill (Platalea leucorodia)

18

White-winged Wood Duck (Cairina scutulata)

19

Swiftlets (Collocalia unicolor and Collacalia fusiphaga)

20

Hill myna (Gracula religiosa intermedia, Gracula religiosa peninsularis, Gracula religiosa indica and Gracula religiosa and amanesis)

21

Tibetan ear pheasant (Crossoptilon harmani)

22

Kalij pheasant (Lophurs leucomelana)

23

Lord Derby's parakeet (Psittacula derbyana)

24

Vultures (Gyps indicus, Gyps bengalensis, Gyps tenuirostris)

25

White bellied hereon (Ardea insignis)

 

Schedule II

Sr. No

Bird

1

Grey jungle fowl (Gallus sonnerati)

 

Schedule IV

Sr. No

Bird

1

Avadavat(Estrildinae)

2

Avocet (Recurvirostridae)

3

Babblers (Timaliinae)

4

Barbets (Capitonidae)

5

Barnowls (Tytonknae)

6

Bitterns (Ardeidae)

7

Brown-headed gull (Larus brunnicephalus)

8

Bulbuls (Pycnonotidae)

9

Buntings (Emberizidae)

10

Bustorda (Otididae)

11

Bustard-Qualis (Turnicidae)

12

Chloroppsis (Irenidae)

13

Comb duck (Sarkidiornis melanotes)

14

Coots (Rallidae)

15

Cormorants (Phalacrocoracidie)

16

Cranes (Gruidae)

17

Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

18

17-A.   Curlews (Seoalopacinae)

19

Darters (Phalacrocoracidae)

20

Doves including the Emerald Dove (Columbidae)

21

Drongos (Dicruridae)

22

Ducks (Anatidae)

23

Egrets (Ardeidae)

24

Fairy Blue Birds (Irenidae)

25

Falcons (Falconidae), excepting the Shaheen and Peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus), the shaker or chorrug, shanghar and lagger falcons (F. biarmicus), and the redheaded merlin (F. chicquera)

26

Finches including the chaffinch (Fringillidae)

27

Falmingos (Phoenicopteridae)

 

Schedule V

Sr. No

Bird

1

Common crow

 

Schedule VII

Sr. No

Bird

1

White-winged Duck (Asarcornis scutulata)

2

Pink-headed Duck (Rhodonessa caryophyllacea) (possibly extinct)

3

Nordmann's / Spotted Greenshank (Tringa guttifer)

4

Oriental Stork (Ciconia boyciana)

5

Nicobar Pigeon (Caloenas nicobarica)

6

Rufous-necked Hornbill (Aceros nipalensis)

7

Great Hornbill (Buceros bicornis)

8

Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca)

9

White-tailed eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)

10

Laggar Falcon (Falco jugger)

11

Barbary falcon (Falco pelegrinoides)

12

Shaheen Falcon (Falco peregrines)

13

Cheer Pheasant (Catreus wallichii)

14

Himalayan Monal (Lophophorus impejanus)

15

Sclater's Monal (Lophophorus sclateri)

16

Mrs. Hume's Pheasant (Syrmaticus humiae)

17

Tibetan Snowcock (Tetraogallus tibetanus)

18

Blyth’s Tragopan (Tragopan blythii)

19

Western Tragopan (Tragopan melanocephalus)

20

Siberian Crane (Grus leucogeranus)

21

Hooded Crane (Grus monacha)

22

Black-necked Crane (Grus nigricollis)

23

Great Indian Bustard (Ardeotis nigriceps)

24

Macqueen’s Bustard (Chlamydotis macqueenii)

25

Bengal Florican (Houbaropsis bengalensis)

26

Christmas Island Frigatebird (Fregata andreswsi)

27

Dalmatian Pelican (Pelecanus crispus)

28

Abbott's Booby (Papasula abbotti)

29

Forest Owlet (Heteroglaux blewitti)

 

Key

1      Vide Notification No. SO 859(E), dt. 24-11-1986.

2      Vide Notification No. FI-28/78 FRY(WL), dt. 9-9-1980.

3      Vide Notification No. FJ11012/31/76 FRY(WL), dt. 29-8-1977.

4      Inserted vide Notification No. 1-2/2001-WL-l, dt. 28-5-2001.

5      Substituted vide Notification No. 1-4/95-WL, dt. 5-12-2001, w.e.f. 6-12-2001.

6      Vide Notification No. FJ 11012/31/76 FRY(WL), dt. 5-10-1977.

 

7http://www.moef.nic.in/sites/default/files/WildlifeProtectionAmendmentBill2013.pdf